FC Emmen

FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, playing in the Eredivisie, the first tier of football in the Netherlands. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2018, Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time. Home games are played at De Oude Meerdijk.

Emmen
Full nameFootball Club Emmen
Founded21 August 1925 (1925-08-21)
GroundDe Oude Meerdijk
Emmen
Capacity8,600
ManagerDick Lukkien
LeagueEredivisie
2019–20Eredivisie, 12th
WebsiteClub website

History

The amateur club Emmen was formed on 21 August 1925. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, Emmen opted to maintain its amateur club status instead.[1]

In 1985, Emmen finally joined the professional ranks. In 1988 the club was split into an amateur and a professional section. The latter was mostly called BVO Emmen ( Betaald Voetbal Organisatie, professional football organisation). In 2005, the professional club Emmen changed its name into FC Emmen, for two reasons. Firstly, it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and secondly because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instance PSV, RBC or ADO.

FC Emmen has reached the Eerste Divisie play-offs eleven times and on 20 May 2018, they managed to clinch promotion to the Dutch Eredivisie for the first time in their history after beating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off finals.[2]

They played their first Eredivisie match on 12 August 2018 against ADO, and won the match by 1–2. Glenn Bijl made the first goal for FC Emmen in the Eredivisie.[3]

Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019–2020 season.

Stadium

FC Emmen's previous JenS Vesting, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, now as de Oude Meerdijk was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1985–1988 Yellow Bird American Stores
1988–1989 Hummel Haka Electronics
1989–1991 Zwiers
1991–1993 Direktbouw Holland
1993–1995 Meubelboulevard Emmen
1995–1997 Gamma Emmen
1997–2001 Ariston/Indesit
2001–2004 Haka Electronics
2004–2006 Henk ten Hoor
2006–2007 KoelGroep Dorenbos
2007–2008 Hof van Saksen
2008–2009 Legea
2009–2012 Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments
2011–2012 Klupp/Legea
2012–2013 Jako Sunoil Biodiesel
2013–2015 Masita
2015–2016 Robey Q&S Garten Deco
2016–2017 Noordlease
2017–2018 Beltona
2018–2019 Hitachi Capital Mobility
2019-2020 Hummel

Results

EredivisieEerste Divisie
Season League Rank Games Points GF GA Manager Topscorer Goals
1985–86Eerste divisie1836243054 Theo Verlangen Henry Pelleboer
8
1986–87Eerste divisie1636264159 Theo Verlangen Rudy Metz
15
1987–88Eerste divisie1836222959 Theo Verlangen Gerrie Schaap
6
1988–89Eerste divisie1836203991 Ben Hendriks Willem Brouwer
13
1988–89Eerste divisie636385347 Ben Hendriks Jan de Jonge
16
1990–91Eerste divisie1238365467 Ben Hendriks Michel van Oostrum
24
1991–92Eerste divisie1838293756 Piet Buter Jan de Jonge
13
1992–93Eerste divisie1234274466 René Notten Jan de Jonge
14
1993–94Eerste divisie934364958 René Notten Jan de Jonge
14
1994–95Eerste divisie1034355661 Leen Looijen Antti Sumiala
9
1995–96Eerste divisie234677139 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
26
1996–97Eerste divisie334635836 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
25
1997–98Eerste divisie334616445 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
18
1998–99Eerste divisie334615337 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
11
1999-00Eerste divisie534585345 Jan de Jonge Michel van Oostrum
Peter Hofstede
13
2000–01Eerste divisie1134415364 Jan de Jonge Peter Hofstede14
2001–02Eerste divisie534595343 Hennie Spijkerman Paul Weerman14
2002–03Eerste divisie234756633 Hennie Spijkerman Donny de Groot30
2003–04Eerste divisie836616554 Hennie Spijkerman Dirk Jan Derksen14
2004–05Eerste divisie1836303871 Jan Olde Riekerink Niki Leferink11
2005–06Eerste divisie638606856 Jan van Dijk Serginho van Dijk
Mourad Mghizrat
18
2006–07Eerste divisie1138485965 Jan van Dijk[4] Serginho van Dijk12
2007–08Eerste divisie938536174 Gerry Hamstra Morten Friis Jensen
Roy Stroeve
12
2008–09Eerste divisie1338474868 Gerry Hamstra[5] Roy Stroeve13
2009–10Eerste divisie1536485179 Harry Sinkgraven Hans Denissen / Ruud ter Heide12
2010–11Eerste divisie1334354864 Azing Griever / René Hake Ruud ter Heide15
2011–12Eerste divisie1834172473 René Hake Ruud ter Heide5
2012–13Eerste divisie1230323852 Joop Gall Ruud ter Heide / Wout Weghorst8
2013–14Eerste divisie1238516468 Joop Gall Roland Bergkamp14
2014–15Eerste divisie438678857 Joop Gall Cas Peters23
2015–16Eerste divisie738515857 Marcel Keizer / Gert Heerkes Erixon Danso14
2016–17Eerste divisie938555040 Dick Lukkien Cas Peters14
2017–18Eerste divisie738585850 Dick Lukkien Cas Peters17
2018–19Eredivisie1434384172 Dick Lukkien Anco Jansen5
2019–20Eredivisie12269512 Dick Lukkien Michael de Leeuw9

Players

Current squad

As of 4 February 2021[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Felix Wiedwald
3 DF  NED Keziah Veendorp
4 DF  NED Nick Bakker
5 DF  PER Miguel Araujo
7 MF  SWE Simon Tibbling
8 MF  NED Michael de Leeuw (captain)
9 FW  CRO Marko Kolar
10 MF  PER Sergio Peña
11 FW  DEN Nikolai Laursen
14 DF  NED Ferhat Görgülü
15 MF  PER Didier La Torre
16 GK  NED Robin Jalving
17 FW  NED Paul Gladon
18 DF  CZE Denis Granečný (on loan from Baník Ostrava)
20 MF  NED Jari Vlak
21 MF  NED Hilal Ben Moussa
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  NED Caner Cavlan
23 DF  NED Glenn Bijl
24 MF  FRA Lucas Bernadou
25 FW  BEL Sekou Sidibe
26 GK  NED Dennis Telgenkamp
28 GK  NED Michael Verrips (on loan from Sheffield United)
29 DF   SUI Elias Frei
30 DF  USA Desevio Payne
31 MF  TUR Kerim Frei
32 MF  NED Robbert de Vos
34 DF  NED Ricardo van Rhijn
35 DF  PER Jean-Pierre Rhyner (on loan from Cádiz)
77 MF  SRB Luka Adžić (on loan from Anderlecht)
93 GK  NED Stefan van der Lei
MF  NED Luciano Carty

Honours

2017–2018
1974–75
1974–75

Former technical directors

References

  1. "FC Emmen history" (in Dutch). FC Emmen.
  2. "Sparta degradeert uit Eredivisie, historische promotie FC Emmen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
  3. "Emmen-doelpuntenmaker Bijl: 'In de bus kijken of ik al op Wikipedia sta'". NOS. 12 August 2018.
  4. Van Dijk was fired on 17 February 2007 and replaced by former player Alfons Arts, who gave over the job on 7 March 2007 to Gerry Hamstra.
  5. Hamstra was fired on 13 October 2008 and replaced by Thiemo Meertens. He handed over his job on 23 October 2008 to Paul Krabbe.
  6. "FC Emmen - Squad 2019/2020" (in Dutch). Worldfootball. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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